Eilhardia Poléjaeff, 1883
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5392175 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5468394 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B2494E1B-FF89-B27A-F74D-FB82FF16A10E |
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Marcus |
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Eilhardia Poléjaeff, 1883 |
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Genus Eilhardia Poléjaeff, 1883 View in CoL
TYPE SPECIES. — Eilhardia schulzei Poléjaeff, 1883 by monotypy.
DIAGNOSIS. — Calyciform Baeriidae with inhalant ostia on the inner surfaces, and oscula on the outer surfaces. The ostia-bearing surface is supported by a thin layer of tangential triactines and scattered microdiactines. The skeleton of the exhalant system and of the choanoskeleton is composed of large triactines and microdiactines. The cortical skeleton consists of giant longitudinal and small diactines as well as tangential triactines.
DESCRIPTION
Eilhardia schulzei Poléjaeff, 1883 is quite an unusual calcareous sponge, with a calyciform body in which the inhalant surface is the inner one, and exhalant surface the outer one. Its internal organization is similar to other Baeriidae . Poléjaeff (1883) has given a very detailed description and beautiful illustration of this sponge.
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